HUMAN RIGHTS IN CROATIA - THE BURDEN OF THE ETHNIC MINORITIES PROBLEM
HUMAN RIGHTS IN CROATIA - THE BURDEN OF THE ETHNIC MINORITIES PROBLEM

Author(s): Siniša Tatalović
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: CEDET Centar za demokratsku tranziciju
Keywords: human rights; legislative and organizational preconditions of hu­man rights protection; human rights violation; ethnic minority rights
Summary/Abstract: The state of human rights in Croatia is characterized by good legislative and institutional preconditions for their protection, but also by a lack of political will and general conditions needed for their implementation. Therefore, citizens are often unable to secure the implementation and protection of many guaranteed rights and freedoms. Although the existing constitutional and legislative solutions, institutions and procedures are harmonized with corresponding international standards in this area, international organizations criticize Croatia because of their implementation in practice. A significant discrepancy is evident between prescribed solutions and the application of legal norms in concrete cases, namely the behavior of the state administration bodies in practice. This especially applies to the area of implementation of ethnic minority rights in Croatia. Belonging to ethnic minorities most often corresponds to violation of human rights in many areas, from property rights to obtaining citizenship.

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